The STEM crisis in China’s universities: how outdated courses are wasting talent

The STEM crisis in China’s universities: how outdated courses are wasting talent

“The education system fundamentally shapes future development potential and opportunities,” Wang said, adding that for an intelligent individual entering university, studying frontier knowledge versus 20-year-old textbook materials created “a stark gap”. Born in 1990 in Zhejiang province in eastern China, the tech entrepreneur did not study at one of the country’s most sought-after universities. During…

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Dismissing China’s technological potential would be a big mistake

Dismissing China’s technological potential would be a big mistake

In the corridors of Western think tanks and financial institutions, a familiar refrain has grown louder: China’s economy is stumbling, its growth model is exhausted, and its technological ambitions are overreaching. Yet while skeptics sharpen their prophecies of doom, something consequential is unfolding across the Pearl River Delta — a transformation that suggests the doomsayers…

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China AI plan offers hope for robot companions and kids by 2035

China AI plan offers hope for robot companions and kids by 2035

When the Chinese government launched the “AI+” initiative in August, it was widely perceived as a new economic stimulus. However, observers may have underestimated Beijing’s true ambition. On October 10, senior officials and experts published a series of analyses in the official journal E-Government, offering the public its first comprehensive look at the initiative’s deeper…

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